A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE BEGINNING
published by Innovation Comics NEW  click here for a PDF of the original 4-issue plot, before Maggie and Tracy were added as a framing sequence.
 #1 (Summer 1992) NEW  click here for the original #1 comic script in PDF form
 #2 (Fall 1992) NEW  click here for the original #2 comic script in PDF form
 #3 (never published) NEW  click here for the original #3 comic script in PDF form. Note that it was not fully completed, though the final page was.
 keep watching in the future for art from the never-published third issue!

PROMOTIONAL POSTERS
published by Innovation Comics
art to be posted soon #1 Nightmares On Elm Street art by Patrick Rolo and Ray Kryssing
 #2 A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Beginning art by C. HayesINNOVATION PREVIEWS
published by Innovation ComicsInnovation's publicity magazine was aimed at retailers and fans, letting them know what to order for the future. However, often, the Previews were completed long before any art was completed. Below, are listings of some aassorted issues which feature Nightmares On Elm Street material, and notes about whether the artwork was never used! Get ready for some bizarre rarities that even Andy mangels himself had forgotten!

 #12 (May 1991 Releases) front cover features the Miles Teves artwork for Nightmares On Elm Street #1.
 back cover features a press release about the Nightmares series with quotes from Andy Mangels, and an unused pencil art study for the front cover (artist unknown)
 the two-page spread advertising the book features an announcement of the artist - Scott McDaniel - and two unused pencilled pages from the book.
For page one, click here
For page two, click here

 #14 (July 1991 Releases) the page advertising the book features an unused cover for issue #2 by Brian Stelfreeze!

 #15 (August 1991 Releases) back cover features the Jason Palmer artwork for Nightmares On Elm Street #2, without logo or text.
 the two-page spread advertising issue #3 features the #2 cover and pages painted by Tony Harris, who is incorrectly named the artist for this issue.
For page one, click here
For page two, click here

 #17 (November 1991 Releases) front cover features the Jason Palmer artwork for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare #3D.
 a page advertisesFreddy's Dead issue #2 and #3.
 a page advertisesFreddy's Dead issue #3D.
 the two-page spread of news features a story about Freddy's Dead and a contest - with quotes by Andy Mangels - as well as an article about the Freddy's Dead stars signing with Innovation at the San Diego Comic-Con.
For page one, click here
For page two, click here

 #21 (March 1992 Releases) front cover features the artwork for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning #1.
 a page advertises the Freddy's Dead trade paperback.
 a two-page spread advertises issue A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning #1. It features two unused pencilled pages of Freddy by Dan and David Day.
For page one, click here
For page two, click here
 the page of news features a story about A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning, and a news story about Andy Mangels' participation in Freddy Krueger's funeral in Hollywood!

When Andy Mangels was working on the script adaptation for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, he toured the set of the film and got to spend some quality time with Robert Englund, in his Freddy makeup! Englund didn't have his fake Freddy teeth in though, so he wouldn't smile!

Englund and Mangels posed for a series of promotional photos on the set, including on the stariway of the Elm Street house, in the crew chair, in the boiler room, and in the set that functioned as Freddy's brain in the 3-D sequences!

 A funny note: Most of the crew had never seen a nipple ring before, so when the photos of Freddy tearing Andy's shirt were taken, much discussion of the nipple ring took place!

 Andy was filmed by E! News discussing the funeral and the Freddy's Dead comic. The segment appeared many times in the months of September and October 1991. He also appeared on NBC news.

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 1991
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Several stars of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare attended the 1991 San Diego Comic-Con and signed autographs at the Innovation Comics booth with Andy. These included Lezlie Deane, Ricky Dean Logan, and Breckin Meyer. The star of Child's Play 3, Justin Whalin, also signed with them.

Andy also appeared as a special guest at another California convention in Fall 1991, alongside Lisa Zane, one of the stars of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.